India's Exports grow 3.2 pc to $24.5 bn in April

New Delhi, May 10 (PTI) Exports grew by 3.2 per cent to USD 24.5 billion in April, while imports rose 3.8 per cent with the month the lowest trade deficit India has logged in a year, Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar today said. Imports during the first month of the current fiscal aggregated to USD 37.9 billion, leaving a trade a deficit of USD 13.4 billion. "This is the lowest trade deficit we have had in last one year... This month (April), we see deceleration in imports," Khullar said. The exporting sectors which registered healthy growth in April include engineering, electronics, pharmaceuticals and chemicals. However, exports of gems and jewelleries contracted by 25.7 per cent to USD 2.6 billion. PTI